By the Yard Sandwich

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Author Notes: When I was a young lad, my mom who loved to entertain would make this for guests while my father, Patio Daddy-O, would be incinerating poultry. I think the original came from like, a Better Homes cookbook or something. Anyway it still works as a warm up course, but I've added some fissionable materials to the project in the form of rouille. As far as the name I was never sure if it referred to a length of measure or the idea that we would consume it outside by the yard. Oh well, who cares. - pierino

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  • 1 sweet red pepper
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • squirt of lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon pimenton (smoked)
  • olive oil
  • 1 gigantic loaf of Italian bread
  • 1 really big red onion
  • 1/4 pound of your best damn cheddar, cut into big thick slices
  1. Make the rouille. First, over a gas burner roast the pepper and let it blacken up. Place it in a paper bag and when cool enough to handle peel off the skin.
  2. Stem and seed the pepper and scrape out the veins. Put this in a food processor with garlic, lemon justice, pimenton and drizzle of olive oil. Zap it.
  3. Heat your oven to 425 degrees or mine to 450.
  4. Take out your big ol' loaf of bread. Slice the onions.
  5. Slice the cheese in healthy portions.
  6. Cut through the bread loaf almost slicing through, but not quite. Smear a bit of rouille on one side. Add an onion slice, followed by a slice of cheese. Repeat until happy.
  7. Wrap your bread loaf up in aluminum foil and cook for 15 minutes. Don't burn your fingers chilrens. Put this out while Daddy-o burns the chicken.

Tags: cheddar, picnic

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about 3 years ago pierino

pierino is a trusted source on General Cooking and Tough Love.

Thanks. Adding the rouille was my own idea as was upgrading the cheese. I think Mom probably used Kraft singles as she was big on convenience foods back then. But I did inherit her awesome cookbook collection.

Winnie100

about 3 years ago WinnieAb

You are hilarious. I like the sandwich recipe, too.

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